Description

NY 53 NW GREAT SALKELD SALKELD DYKES

5/55 Beckbank Farmhouse

II

Farmhouse. Late C17 for William Dalston, with mid C18 extension. Roughcast
walls with right painted V-jointed quoins. Oldest part has sandstone slate roof
with coped gables and kneelers; extension has graduated greenslate roof with
banded ashlar red sandstone chimney stacks. Extension is the main facade of
2 storeys, 4 bays. The earlier part, now at right-angles, 2 storeys, 2 bays
forming overall L-shape. Off-centre panelled door in shouldered architrave
under enriched keyed lintel and pediment. Double sash windows in painted stone
architraves, except that over entrance. Earlier part has C18 chamfered 2-light
stone-mullioned windows. 2 low wash-house extensions have sandstone slate
roofs. Interior has boxed-beam ceiling and panelled internal shutters to each
window. Late C17 oak staircase. Staircase window had stained panel of Dalston
arms. See, Reverend A.G. Loftie, Great Salkeld, its Rectors and history, 1900,
p.137.

Listing NGR: NY5476435763

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26438474

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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